Keynote Speakers

Dr. Yingfei Zan, Associate Professor

College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China

Biography: Dr. Yingfei Zan is an associate professor and a doctoral supervisor of Harbin Engineering University, serving as the deputy director of the Institute of Overall Technology Research of Naval Architecture and Ocean Platforms, the deputy head of the Key Laboratory of Polar Equipment and Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, and member of the Simulation Technology Committee of China Industrial Cooperation Association. He has presided over 20 provincial and ministerial-level projects as the project leader, focusing on the intelligent simulation and digitalization of ship and ocean engineering. He has constructed the top frame of joint operation simulation of multiple ocean engineering equipment, made breakthrough in multi-system coupling dynamics algorithm for marine engineering equipment, developed a pedigree of simulation equipment for offshore engineering installation operations, and realized the full coverage of semi-physical simulation of mainstream ocean engineering equipment. He has published over 50 academic papers and two books, and has applied / been authorized more than 30 invention patents and more than 20 software copyrights. He has won three first prizes, a second prize and a third prize of provincial and ministerial Awards for Progress in Science and Technology, and an Outstanding Patent Invention Award in naval architecture and ocean engineering industry.

Topic: Deep Sea Underwater Operation Simulation Technology and Application

Abstract: This presentation starts with a short introduction to the characteristics of deep-sea underwater operations with important problems in engineering and then gives the developments of a Modeling & Simulation-based method for previewing operation plans and dynamic analysis with their applications in various actual operations. A distributed co-simulation architecture is presented in the base of available realize the integrated management of dynamic information and the reliable extension of interactive simulation in the process of simulating operations. The key technology of modeling and visualizing the rigid-flexible multi-body coupling dynamics based on the multi-body dynamics, computational dynamics, and the real-time rendering method is discussed which can realize the accurate real-time solution of multi-body coupling operations. The system composition of the ROV will be introduced which had obtained the international Class-A standard certification of the China Classification Society. The selected examples include the installation simulation of the "Deep Sea No. 1" semi-submersible platform and underwater oil and gas production equipment; the simulation of SCR monitoring equipment installation in Lingshui 17-2 oilfield. The simulation results are compared with the actual operation results to demonstrate the deep-sea underwater operation simulation technology.

Dr. Zhu Huang, Associate Professor

Department of Fluid Machinery and Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Biography: Dr. Zhu Huang is associate professor in Xi’an Jiaotong University, he got his doctoral degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University, before he started the postdoctoral research at DAMTP in Cambridge University and CTR in Stanford University. His research interests include the supersonic flows of carbon capture, flow transition and turbulence simulations, and optimizations. He has published more 40 journal papers on the research topics.

Topic: Application of Supersonic Separation Technology in the Field of Carbon Capture

Abstract: Supersonic separation is a clean technology applied in gas processing and treatment. At present, it is mainly used for natural gas liquefaction and dehumidification, and has achieved good results in many natural gas fields. In this technology, the characteristics of cyclone separation, shock wave pressurization, phase transition are concentrated in a separation equipment with compact structure and small volume, called supersonic separator, which is the core equipment of supersonic separation technology. Excitingly, previous investigations have found that Laval nozzles are able to condense CO₂ from power plants into liquids, thereby separating CO₂, which means that these investigations have discovered a potential CO₂ capture approach. Supersonic separation does not require complex membrane materials, nor does it require adsorbents and absorbents. It can spontaneously separate CO₂ from flue gas under the drive of pressure. In addition to the above advantages, supersonic separators also have the advantages of stable operation, small size, low maintenance and operation cost and is a new technology in the field of carbon capture.

Dr. Kegen Yu, Professor

School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

Biography: Dr. Kegen Yu received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 2003. He was with the Jiangxi Geological and Mineral Bureau, Nanchang, China; Nanchang University, Nanchang; the University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; the CSIRO ICT Center, Sydney; Macquarie University, Sydney; the University of New South Wales, Sydney; and Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. He is currently a Professor at the China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. He has coauthored the book Ground-Based Wireless Positioning (Wiley and IEEE Press, 2009) and another book Wireless Positioning: Principles and Practice (Springer, 2018), and has authored the book Theory and Practice of GNSS Reflectometry (Springer, 2021). He has authored or co-authored more than 150 refereed journal articles, including more than 60 IEEE journal articles. He was ranked as the World’s Top 2% most-cited scientist in 2022 by Stanford University. His research interests include GNSS-R, wireless positioning, signal processing, and remote sensing. Dr. Yu served on the Editorial Board of EURASIP JASP, IEEE TAES, and IEEE TVT from 2013 to 2017. He is also on the Editorial Board of IEEE ACCESS. He edited the book Positioning and Navigation in Complex Environments (IGI Global, 2018) and another book Indoor Positioning and Navigation (Science Press, 2018). He has been the Lead Guest Editor of six Special Issues of Physical Communication, EURASIP JASP, Remote Sensing, IEEE ACCESS, and IEEE TAES, which are related to positioning and navigation and remote sensing.

Topic: Introduction to GNSS Reflectometry

Abstract: GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) is an emerging remote sensing technology, which has been exploited to sense a range of environmental parameters. In this presentation, we will talk about the fundamentals of this technology. A number of satellite missions in the past 20 years will be briefly described, so are several airborne experiments conducted by our group. We will also show our recent research results related to GNSS-R.